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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Andorran progressive and melodic death metal band formed in 2001, known for their ambitious concept albums and technically proficient songwriting. They have toured extensively worldwide and released numerous studio records including Spiritual Migration and Metanoia, establishing themselves as Andorra's most prominent metal export.
Minneapolis's Pestifere draws from the Twin Cities' rich extreme metal tradition, blending Scandinavian melodic death metal architecture with blasting black metal ferocity.
Melodic death metal band from Oulu, Finland, formed in 2024, bringing Scandinavian melodic death metal to the northernmost reaches of the Finnish metal scene. They blend melody with death metal aggression from the Arctic Circle region.
Melodic death metal band from Mielec, Poland, formed in 2024, wielding ghostly precision through melodic death metal from the Podkarpacie region. They bring fresh melodic aggression to southeastern Poland.
Los Angeles's Phantom Horde brings a sweeping melodic death metal vision to the sprawling city — hook-laden riffs and dual-guitar harmonies with a cinematic scope befitting the city of angels.
Albi's Pestiferum has been spreading black metal contagion from the medieval Occitan city since 2013. Their Tarn department setting — site of the infamous Albigensian Crusade — provides centuries of religious violence as thematic fuel.
Technical melodic death metal band originally from Oslo, Norway, formed in 2004, later relocating to Athens. Over two decades they have crafted technically demanding melodic death metal bridging Scandinavian and Hellenic traditions.
A 2023 melodic death metal project out of Fribourg, Plague Incarnate draws from the Scandinavian melodeath playbook — interlocking guitar harmonies, blast-to-groove dynamics, and cathartic melodic breaks. Their bilingual French-German Swiss setting adds a unique cultural dimension to their sound.
Paris's Phrên — the ancient Greek word for 'mind' — has been crafting funeral doom since 2021, creating compositions that move with the ponderous weight of deep philosophical contemplation. Their French capital base produces music that exists outside of normal temporal experience.
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